by AgentAppleseed » Fri Sep 24, 2010 3:42 am
The text below is an excerpt from a message I intended sending to John Burroughs. Part of it is relevent to this thread and the discussion currently under way
In light of whats been said earlier, the last paragraph is the most important.
What`s said and what happens, is how things are seen. But of course, there are problems. For example, I see you and Penniston on face-book, and I ask myself, where`s Halt? Other people are asking the same question`s and Halts absence, among other things is causing them to suspect dishonesty on his part, and making them question the direction this case is going, but Ill explain exactly why; below.
What`s said and what happens, is how things are seen. But of course, there are problems. For example, I see you and Penniston on face-book, and I ask myself, where`s Halt? Other people are asking the same question`s and Halts absence, among other things is causing them to suspect dishonesty on his part, and making them question the direction this case is going, but Ill explain exactly why; below.
Maybe I`m a bit behind the times and this has all been sorted out between you and Halt, but I see people all around me turning on you, because of stuff that`s been allowed to go unresolved and left open to speculation. Some time ago, you were having problems with the fact Halt had came out, and said what he said, about the thing being E.T. Basically, as I`ve said, you wanted to know why Halt had come out, to say what he had said, when for years he had maintained that the UFOs were unidentified. Now in the following passages, I want to illustrate how I perceived Halts account and how I found Burroughs reactions questionable instead, while others saw evidence for conspiracy on Halts part, whereas I just don`t see the logical stepping stones necessary from the information available in public, to come to that conclusion.
When Halt came out into the spotlight first, back in the day, he was not really fully prepared for the full repercussions "coming out" entailed. After-all, he`d spent his life in the Air-force, not as a celebrity, or someone well used to the media, and how they operate. He was under the impression, perhaps somewhat naively, that the incident would be more readily accepted as being genuine, or rather "believable", if the question of the origin of the thing seemingly being Alien, could be put to one side for the moment, in order to focus more on establishing what had actually happened, leaving the UFO to be labeled; unidentified. Unfortunately, the reality is, that the words U.F.O will always run hand in hand with the concept of the Alien. He was somewhat upset with Larry Warren for exposing his involvement and and wanted to set the record straight and give his own account. His explanations seemed good to me. Years went by, and then you came on the scene. During the course of the last year or two, you made it known that you had problems with things Halt has said, and some things he has not said. Lets look at two of these problems. You wanted to know how, and why; Halt had changed his tune, on the nature of the phenomenon, ie, it being E.T. Halts explanation for coming out:-
Col Halt claimed; that he said what he said, because he was encouraged to do so by Gary Heseltine. They were working on the script together, and Colonel Halt claimed that he said what he said, for the sake of the fact, that if your going to try and get a film made, you`ve simply got to put a definition, on the subject matter, your script deals with. There are reasons for this, within the film industry alone.(I am fully aware of these reasons which require their own explanation, and I agree 100%) However, aside from this important point, we have the problem that people seem to believe that Col Halt has never thought the UFOs were alien in origin, but in actual fact, Halt has always maintained that the UFOs were unidentified. The idea that Halt was implying anything else other than what was said, ie, that it was man made, is a misperception. He always said "unidentified". What Halt said, to me at least, sounds like a perfectly reasonable explanation for his actions. It seems to me, that by coming out, and saying what he did recently, he was simply trying to tell people; that he believes that the likeliest explanation, in his opinion, given the capabilities involved, is the "Alien" hypothesis. He didn`t say he was sure of it. So what makes you so suspicious about all of the above?
The second big issue you had with Halt, dealt with the fact that, Halt claimed you were not out in the field with him, when in actual fact, you were there, something which was proved by the Halt tape. Here`s what I took from Halts actions-
To answer this, lets go back to when Halt first came out. Halt wanted to go on the record as far as his own involvement in the incident but it was not going to be easy, he faced problems. There were parts of Halts own account, that he simply could not retell, because those particular parts, involved bringing you into the equation. Halt was partly protecting you, because at that time, you had not come out to go on the record yet, but its also very fair to say he was also protecting himself too. It might be fair to go so far as saying there may have been an element of buck passing here too, as there has been all along with the chain of command. Telling everything Halt knew, meant including the part where you come out into the field, and have your own close encounter with the object on the ground. Halt, was smart enough to know that mentioning this sensational aspect, would put him in the position of having to explain it too, a position which, taking into account all of the above, he was not comfortable with, and after-all, it was you who were involved in that part, not Halt himself. Halt had backed up Penniston, and there was also the question whether credibility could be maintained. Halt didn`t want to appear on a show with you, when there were such obvious inconsistencies between what you, Penniston and Halt had to say. It was not that Halt would not appear on a show with you, it seems to me, to have been more about avoiding going on a show with you, if at all possible. There is a difference. So in the end, Col Halt went on to relate instead, his own involvement, and for years, he sticks to that part only. He was somewhat successful in what he tried to do. For the years prior to you coming out, most people thought Halt`s and Penniston`s accounts were the main part of what happened.
I know you have had your own suspicions about Halt, but I have the suspicion that there`s also the factor that Halt suspects the intelligence guys may have done something to you and Penniston and others. I heard Halt say on a podcast, that Burroughs, and Jim, had significant mental issues, as a result of something being done to them, either by the thing, or the intel guys. Does this play a part in why Halt changed his story and some of the other details, claiming you were not out there in the field, because technically, its true, you were`t there, up until a certain point, and also, Halt was afraid you would somehow accidentally screw up the established timeline of events, because you cant remember stuff that happened? I suspect that it is. I suspect that its got nothing to do with Halt acting fishy. I know you might have thought that, but I think you are wrong. I do wonder why you thought that, I always thought your suspicions where a bit off the mark.
Halt has never mentioned seeing what happened when you and Bustinza got close to the object that night. At one point it was mentioned by you, on a podcast, that Halt pointed out one of the UFOs to you, and asked you, if it was anything like the one you`d seen the night before. You replied you didn`t know, and asked for permission to get closer, which was granted, and then you went towards it, with Bustinza. I believe it was mentioned that Halt went back to base or at least left the scene at that point(Ill have to check that) but I wondered if he had seen what followed on from that ,with the UFO coming down on top of you.(It was mentioned he didn`t, or that you didn`t know) Halt has stayed away from it. Why would he leave and go back to base at this point, leaving two men in close proximity to an unknown? I believe he did see what happened. I believe he has stayed away, because of the reasons I`ve already quoted above. And maybe because of the following.....
This next paragraph, is speculation on my part. I`m allowing myself the luxury of jumping ahead of where the evidence goes, for a minute in order to take a guess at where we are headed here..
Besides all of the above, there is another suspicion I have. I know for a fact that there is more to come out, about what exactly happened at this particular point. Recently, it was mentioned on the forum that under hypnosis, you remember Halts group were given a command to send you forward. Now that`s interesting, but of course besides the point. I suspect that what happened when you and Bustinza went forward, may be the beginning of the real story, behind Larry Warrens alleged incident, and if this is true, then it would make more sense if Halt was involved here, not Williams. If Bustinza is with Burroughs during his encounter with the object, then when does the Bustinza and Warren encounter occur? If Burroughs met Bustinza in the field and then they had their encounter with the UFO, then how could Bustinza have possibly gone out to the field with Warren, from the base? This doesn`t make sense. In L.A.E.G, at one point, Bustinza told Larry Fawcett, that it was Halt out in the field, not Williams. (I think its later mentioned Busty made a mistake, but I`m not so sure)This may be another good reason why Halt has never mentioned this part, because what`s to come, will be the real version of what happened with Warrens encounter, ie, Warrens encounter is built around you and Bustinza encountering the UFO on the ground, and Halt didn`t want to go there, because, if this is correct, then Halt wanted to maintain the status quo, as to what went on, and not say too much, until such time as certain individuals would be allowed, given enough rope; to hang themselves, as to what really went on during this part of the incident.
Anyway, something tells me, Halt has his own way of doing things as regards handling how the case is taken forward from here. I suspect that Col Halt wanted to be the representative for the case, because he was afraid other people might hurt its credibility, inadvertently, and accidentally.
Larry has said Bustinza accompanied him out to the field in the truck, and they had their encounter with the UFO in the field, afterwhich time, Larry returned to base while Bustinza joined Burroughs for their encounter, yet if Burroughs met Bustinza in the field with Halt, how can this situation have occurred the way it has been explained?
At no time did I observe anything from the time I arrived at RAF Woodbridge.